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Bradley Manning Newslinks 3 December 2011
3 December 2011 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning: Welsh MEPs join Wikileaks suspect plea BBC News Two Welsh MEPs have added their names to a growing list of their colleagues concerned about the alleged treatment of Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning. The US Army analyst, who grew up in Pembrokeshire, is due in court later this month… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 December 2011: Hebron: Occupation and Sterilization
2 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Turkey To Grant Hamas $300 Million IMEMC – Turkish sources reported that Turkish Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, sent a confidential letter to Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, inviting him to visit Turkey, and informing him that… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 2 December 2011: Paul Craig Roberts: Congress is Repealing the Constitution
2 December 2011 — Information Clearing House Obama Lawyers: Citizens Can Be Killed By US By MATT APUZZO Administration officials say Obama has sole power to declare citizen’s enemies. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29870.htm Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 2 December 2011
2 December 2011 — williambowles.info Syria, Egypt and Middle East unrest – live updates The Guardian 12.25pm GMT / 7.25am EST: Egyptian state TV is saying the results of the first round of elections will be released at 8pm local time (6pm GMT, 1pm EST). Meanwhile, numbers at the march to honour those killed since… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 2 December 2011
2 December 2011 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 2 December 2011 Done deal: Russia supplies cruise missiles to Syria Russiatoday.ru Today at 10:59 Fulfilling a contract signed in 2007, Russia has supplied Bastion coastal missile systems with Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria under a contract signed in 2007, a diplomatic source… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 December 2011: Barak says no Iran strike ‘for the moment’
1 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Attack Detainees In Nafha Prison IMEMC – Israeli soldiers attacked on Thursday several detainees held in the Nafha detention camp, in the Negev Desert. In a letter sent to Husam Society, the detainees said that they have been without electricity since more than… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 30 November 2011: Boycott Israel campaign grows among UK unions, despite Zionist backlash
30 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas- Livni Met In Amman IMEMC – The Israeli Radio reported that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, held a meeting in Amman on Wednesday with Israeli opposition leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni. … Continue reading
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Video: Why Syria Matters: Interview with Aijaz Ahmad By Prabir Purkayastha
Syria is the last remaining representative of Arab nationalism as it used to be understood historically. It still calls itself socialist. Even though it has implemented a great deal of neoliberal reform, the state sector is still dominant. It bans, literally bans, religion from politics. It will not recognize the existence of religious political parties.… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 November 2011:Israeli military courts ‘have 99 percent conviction rate’
29 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Citizens Sue Minnesota State Board of Investment for Illegal Investments in Israel Bonds IMEMC – The lawsuit asserts that investment in Israel Bonds by the SBI is both unlawful and imprudent, and further contends that such investment violates the Minnesota statutes that control the… Continue reading
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Egypt imports 21 tons of tear gas from the US, port staff refuses to sign for it
CAIRO: The arrival of 7 and half tons of tear gas to Egypt’s Suez port created conflict after the responsible officials at the port refused to sign and accept it for fear it would be used to crackdown on Egyptian protesters. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 November 2011: Official: Israel deliberately disconnects Gaza electricity
28 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Four Katyusha Rockets Reportedly Fired Into Northern Israel IMEMC – Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that four Katyusha rockets were fired from Lebanon into an area in northern Israel on Monday at night, causing damage and fire to a building but no injuries. … Continue reading
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Video: Nikolay Starikov – 'Syria – provocations and murders'
In Syria we can see a new “round” of destabilizing the country, now for good. As usual, the operations of the inner “opposition”, that is murders and terrorists, are in perfect coordination with the “independent” mass-media. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 28 November 2011: Libya's New Rulers Offer Weapons to Syrian Rebels
28 November 2011 — Information Clearing House Pakistan Has Had Enough By Simon Tisdall The belief that weak, impoverished, divided Pakistan has no alternative but to slavishly obey its master’s voice could turn out to be one of the seminal strategic miscalculations of the 21st century. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29826.htm Continue reading
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Unknown Snipers and Western Backed Regime Change: a Short History By Gearóid Ó Colmáin
Unknown snipers played a pivotal role throughout the so-called ‘Arab Spring Revolutions’ yet, in spite of reports of their presence in the mainstream media, surprisingly little attention has been paid to to their purpose and role. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 November 2011: Israeli officials threaten to cut electricity and water if Palestinians form unity government
27 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Authority unable to pay salaries & pensions due to Israeli seizure of funds IMEMC – With the Israeli government continuing to seize Palestinian tax money and hold the funds in Israeli banks, the Palestinian Authority announced on Sunday that it will be unable… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 November 2011: European bank pulls out of Israel after pressure from boycott campaign
26 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Turkey: Relations Not To Be Normalized until Israel Lifts Gaza Blockade IMEMC – Turkish Minister of Foreign Affair, Ahmed Dawud Aghlo, reconfirmed that relations between Turkey and Israel won’t be normalized till the latter issues an official statement, apologizing for Israeli attacks on the… Continue reading